Vedbæk

[citation needed] The area has been inhabited for at least 7,000 years, as evidenced by the discovery of a Mesolithic cemetery of the Ertebølle culture.

After a paddle steamer began to call at Vedbæk on its journey from Copenhagen to Helsingør, there was an influx of visitors.

The cemetery is located in the northern part of the Maglemosen peat bog, and was discovered in 1975 during excavation for the new Vedbæk School.

An example of the findings of this culture cemetery include the bodies of a young woman with a necklace made of teeth, and her newborn baby.

The child's gravegoods suggest that the culture involved ascribed status – the passing of power between generations.

Denmark's first steam ship, the paddle steamer Caledonia, operated between Copenhagen and Helsingør, calling in Vedbæk on the way.

It saved the summer visitors the dusty trip along the Coast Road (Strandvejen), leading to a significant increase in the influx of tourists.

The Denmark national football team trained at Vedbæk Stadion (staying at the nearby Hotel Marina) for 25 years, before relocating to Helsingør in 2008.

A later owner was the merchant Conrad Alexander de Tengnagel who built a new house surrounded by a grandiose Romantic park.

[4] Bakkehuset was in 1811 purchased by bankier and ship owner Lauritz Nicolai Hvidt and served as summer residence for his family for more than a century.

He built the current house and established a large park of which only the mirror pond and a small lake with a Chinese bridge exist today.

It adjoins Trørød Forest and is open to the public since it has been leased by the Danish Nature Agency on a 50 years contract.

In the western part of the forest, in the central axis of the main building, stands the Friendship Column.